The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.
More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.
We are implementing an in-depth reform on labor market, not to reduce rights for workers but to provide more visibility and more efficiency to investors and employers because it's the key for job creation.
An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides.
I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.
More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value is in what he suggests and implies rather than in what he portrays, and more than any other poet must he wait to be understood by the growth of the taste of himself.
Increased jobs are the consequence of increased trade. Increasing jobs more than output implies a fall in productivity and standards of living. That surely cannot be our goal.
We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.
China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods.
Impact investment is an important business driver, and more importantly, it is a business driver because clients want it.
In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
We need more foreign reach; no question about that. And we're working on getting that. We need more people abroad; we need some more bureaus. That is really an important job.
The sender and subject line are actually the most important parts of an e-mail because people tend to put more important information in the subject.
There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting.
Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.
It's not about HTML 5 vs Flash. They're mutually beneficial. The more important question is the freedom of choice on the web.
For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media.
'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which in 1996 set out to ban nuclear tests, is an important step, but we need to do more - and we can.
Taxes are an important tool for us together with infrastructure investments, research, and development to create more jobs.